From mini-pc mounting Hell . . . to mounting Nirvana!
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2024
- For a number of years I have been using Velcro to mount my mini pc's and power boxes to my telescope. I picked up some 3-D printed clamps and attachments from Rouz Astro and in this video I put them together and mount my mini PC and Pegasus Astro Power Box Advanced 2 on my new telescope. And it works great!
Rouz Astro: rouzastro.com
My Astrophotography Gear
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro and Celestron branded LosmandyG-11 (being rebuilt)
Pier: Homemade pier, yeah!
Telescope (wide angle): Apertura 75Q, F/5.4, 405mm FL
Telescope (long): Third Planet Optics (TPO) 10" Newtonian F/4, 1000mm FL
Telescope (A bit longer): Third Planet Optics 6" RC f/9 1370mm FL
Guide Scope: Skywatcher Evoguide 50mm ED, F/4.8, 242mm FL
Guide Camera: Player One Neptune-M (IMX178 sensor, monochrome)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290MM Mini
Astro Camera Monochrome: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Astro Camera Color: OGMA AP26CC
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 2" 7 position and ZWO EFW 2" 5 position
Rotator: Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator
Focuser: ZWO EAF (on each scope)
Power: Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen 2 and Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Micro
Flat Panels: Deep Sky Dad Motorized Flat Panel, Wanderer 190mm motorized Flat Panel, Pegasus Astro Flatmaster 150, and a homemade one for my 10" Newtonian
Software Control PC: Mele Quieter 3 and Mele 3 Overclock C
My Astrophotography Software
Mount control software: Green Swamp Server (controls EQ6r Pro mount)
Mount control software: Gemini 2 (controls G-11 mount)
Pegasus Astro device management software: Pegasus Astro Utility Platform (controls all of my Pegasus Astro devices)
ASCOM 6.6 Platform
Acquisition software: NINA (lastest version)
Guiding software: Phd2 (latest version)
Planetarium software: Stellarium (latest version)
Plate solving software: ASTAP
Plate solving software: Plate Solve 2 and Plate Solve 3 from Planewave - Хобби
Just saw this very informative review, excellent work! Thank you for sharing.
Nice video. Thanks for posting this. I wish I knew about rouzastro about 6 months ago. I was able to find the mounts and adapters to mount my miniPC on top of the Pegasus powerbox but it took a lot of searching, trial and error...
Yea, I was in the midst of doing the same after my Velcro failures. But a fellow astrophotographer got some rings for his Tak E-160 and I thought that they looked great, so I went out and checked to see what was there and, well, here we are with a new mounting system. CS!
Nice product. I noticed Rouz offered 3d printed carbon fiber filled tube rings. I’m old school and would be nervous attaching an expensive telescope with plastic. Sometimes I think it is best to keep the weight of the computer, powerbox, and dew controller off the mount arm.
@mr.b3054 From my understanding, the tube rings have carbon fiber included as part of the process (not really sure, as I don't have any rings from Rouz Astro). But a fellow astrophotographer I know has them for his Takahashi Epsilon E-160 newt and it works great. I figure that if you can use them on a Tak, they must be OK. But I also live in Arizona, so not sure how well they work in the cold. But from what I have seen, and I did see the rings on his Tak, they look really good and he has had no problems with them. But as always, your mileage may vary. Clear skies!
Nasa space grade velcro is just more strips of velcro ;)
Looks like a great solution
Thanks for letting us know. You probably need a longer vixen dovetail because I don't think you can attach it to the mount.
@indysbike3014 I use Losmandy plates on the bottom of my telescopes, and vixen on the tops. What you saw in the video was the top of the telescope. I have converted all my telescopes to use a Losmandy plate for attaching to my mounts. I find that the Losmandy are more stable. Clear skies.
Nice.
Good solution! What mini PC is this? It looks big!
It is the Mele Overclock 3C mini pc, unlike the Mele Quieter series, the overclock series is actively air cooled.
@@DaveUrbanAstro You are already wearing short sleeves at the beginning of March, I guess you need that cooling 😉 I need heating here 🤔